"Nessa, are you feeling down?"
On the way to class, Ethan asked Vanessa with concern.
He had only gotten half the story earlier, and now he was hoping to get more details directly from her.
"Did you really notice?" Vanessa looked a bit surprised, thinking she had hidden her emotions well.
"Yeah." Ethan nodded seriously, "Because we're best friends, right?"
Even though they had only officially become friends the day before, that didn't stop Ethan from treating Vanessa as a close friend. After all, she wasn't just Lila's friend—she was his friend too.
And it seemed like this made Vanessa happy.
She smiled and shook her head lightly. "It's just a small thing. I'm fine now."
Who knows how Sophia would feel if she found out that, in Vanessa's eyes, what she considered so important was just a "small thing."
"If you ever run into any trouble, Nessa, you can always tell me. I'll help you, no matter what."